The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club held the post-position draw for the TVG Pacific Classic on Tuesday evening, and when the world’s top-ranked horse, Arrogate, got gate No. 8 in a field of eight, a few observers groaned. Bob Baffert was not among them. For Saturday’s 1 1/4-mile race on dirt that will...

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In every sport there are athletes who approach greatness carefully. In hockey, for instance, most players will refuse to even touch the Stanley Cup for fear that somehow by doing so, they would be prevented from ever winning it. Victor Espinoza is not a superstitious man. But that doesn’t mean...

As Curlin Road and Hard Aces battled tooth and nail down the length of the Del Mar stretch Wednesday, it was tough to determine a winner of the 11/2-mile Cougar II Handicap on the main track. Three jumps before the wire Curlin Road had the head boob. Two jumps before it was Hard Aces. At the wire,...

The U.S. Equestrian Federation’s board of directors have chosen Maryland’s Fair Hill over a competing site in Virginia to permanently host an annual international event of jumping, cross country and dressage. The board made the decision Monday night to recommend Fair Hill over the other finalist,...

Trainer Bob Baffert believes Arrogate just had “one of those days” Saturday. “It happens,” Baffert said Sunday of his 4-year-old colt’s monumental upset loss in the San Diego Handicap. “It’s happened to me before. “Physically, he is good. If he puts out another effort like that, I think you’d have...

This was Miracle on Ice, on hooves. This was Buster Douglas KO’ing Mike Tyson, on dirt. This was mouths collectively agape, faces stunned and eyes drained of answers. As Arrogate, the No. 1 ranked horse in the world, entered the starting gate Saturday at Del Mar in the San Diego Handicap, it was...

If there’s been a bigger upset at Del Mar … well, it’s highly unlikely there has been. Arrogate, rated the top horse in the world and the all-time leading money winner among North American thoroughbreds, finished a shocking fourth Saturday as the 1-20 favorite in the $300,000 San Diego Handicap...

Mike Smith, the Hall of Fame jockey, spent part of Friday here at the beach with the family dog. Most expect he’ll have another day at the beach Saturday afternoon, only this time with a slightly more well-known four-legged animal. Arrogate, the world’s richest race horse, not only is ready to...

One hundred and forty-four years ago, some Maryland horsemen wanted to prove their state could run with the big boys when it came to high-profile horse racing. Thus was born the Preakness Stakes, a race that has morphed into the Free State’s biggest annual party, when upwards of 100,000 people...

Preakness InfieldFest goers, with our wallpaper, you can see what's happening when without even unlocking your phone. Download the schedule below and set it as your device's lockscreen and checking the lineup becomes as easy as checking the time. Use the battery life you save for something fun...

Looking at the Preakness InfieldFest lineup like the tilted-head, hand-to-chin confused emoji? It’s OK — music moves faster than ever these days. Here’s a primer on who the artists are, what song you might know by them and what time they’re performing on Saturday. High Valley (10 a.m.-11 a.m.,...

This isn’t the first time a star named Arrogate shook up the horse racing world at Del Mar. The late-1950s version of Arrogate, who won 20 of his labor-intensive 83 career starts, propelled jockey John Longden to racing history. The duo won the Del Mar Handicap on Sept. 3, 1956, to give Longden...

When four-legged star Arrogate sauntered into the barns at Del Mar on Sunday morning, it was easy to bring up the analogy of Michael Jordan moving into your exclusive condo for the summer. The horse, who ripped off an unprecedented seven-month run to become the richest winner in North American...

Ben’s Cat, the only four-time Maryland Horse of the Year and a Maryland-bred champion who was retired last month with more than $2 million in earnings, was euthanized Tuesday after complications arose during his recovery from a recent surgery. The 11-year-old gelding, who raced his entire career...

There is a digital clock in the foyer of the executive offices of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Its bright red numbers are in constant movement. Late Monday morning the clock read: 108 days, 12 hours, 23 minutes. And at that moment, 25 seconds. That is the countdown to when Del Mar will host for...

When four-legged star Arrogate saunters into the barns at Del Mar under the failing darkness Monday morning, it would be easy to trot out the analogy of Michael Jordan moving into your exclusive condo for the summer. The horse, who ripped off an unprecedented 7-month run to become the richest winner...